Ulverston - Household Waste Recycling Centre

Find what items we take or don't take.

Before visiting please check our HWRC visitor rules

Items we will take

• Car batteries
• Household batteries
• cans and tins
• cardboard
• chemicals such as weedkiller, paint stripper, oil based paints - on arrival report to the site staff with these items
• clothes and textiles
• fluorescent tubes
• fridges and freezers
• furniture such as wooden furniture, mattresses, carpets and rugs
• garden waste
• gas bottles
• general household waste
• glass bottles and jars
• hardcore and rubble
• large appliances such as washing machines and ovens
• newspapers and magazines
• emulsion paint and dry empty metal paint cans, oil based paints need to be reported to staff and stored with chemicals
• plastics such as household bottles, tubs and food trays
• scrap metal
• small appliances such as microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners, battery operated toys
• TV's and monitors
• tyres - up to 4 per visit
• used engine oil
• wood and timber
• upholstered domestic seating such as sofas and armchairs, sofa beds and futons, kitchen and dining room chairs, stools, home office chairs, bean bags, floor and sofa cushions. If you're bringing damaged or dismantled items, please cover or tape any areas of exposed foam or we may stop you from disposing of them

Items we don't take

• asbestos
• plasterboard/Gypsum products
• trade waste
• clinical waste
• acetylene
• boat flares
• car air bags
• fireworks

Walking aids

The NHS reuses walking aids such as crutches and frames. 

Find out how to return walking aids on the NHS website

They can also be recycled at the HWRC.

Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) waste permit

Our HWRCs are only for householders to use. The waste permit scheme helps to prevent trade waste from being taken to our HWRCs.

If you are walking to one of our sites with your waste, you'll need a pedestrian permit so we can keep you safe.

Find out when you need a permit and how to apply for one.

Other HWRCs across Cumbria

You can use any HWRC in Cumbria, wherever you live. You can visit sites at Millom, Frizington, Workington, Maryport, Wigton, Carlisle and Brampton, for more information go to the Cumberland Council website.

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